John H. Porter

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

John H. Porter is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, John H. Porter has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Ecology, 15 papers in Ecological Modeling and 14 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in John H. Porter's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers), Research Data Management Practices (14 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). John H. Porter is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers), Research Data Management Practices (14 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). John H. Porter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and China. John H. Porter's co-authors include Frank Dentener, Anthony F. Michaels, Pamela Green, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Alan R. Townsend, Douglas G. Capone, Sybil P. Seitzinger, Elisabeth A. Holland, James N. Galloway and David M. Karl and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

John H. Porter

62 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Nitrogen Cycles: Past, Present, and Future

2004 4.0k citations John H. Porter et al. profile →
Big data and the future of ecology

2013 636 citations John H. Porter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John H. Porter United States	24	2.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.1k	933	64	6.4k
Wei Li China	40	2.2k 0.9×	516 0.4×	838 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	865 0.9×	584	6.7k
Lucy J. Sheppard United Kingdom	40	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	2.5k 2.7×	161	6.6k
Martin J. Wassen Netherlands	45	3.5k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	797 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	1.9k 2.0×	192	6.5k
Junsheng Li China	36	1.6k 0.7×	476 0.3×	718 0.5×	3.1k 2.7×	690 0.7×	304	7.4k
Kathleen C. Weathers United States	55	3.8k 1.6×	1.9k 1.3×	2.7k 2.0×	3.8k 3.4×	1.4k 1.4×	174	11.8k
Marijn van der Velde Italy	43	2.2k 0.9×	3.2k 2.3×	787 0.6×	3.1k 2.7×	2.3k 2.5×	124	9.9k
Thomas Scholten Germany	52	2.5k 1.0×	3.6k 2.6×	639 0.5×	2.0k 1.8×	1.1k 1.2×	244	9.6k
Sven Erik Jørgensen Denmark	56	3.0k 1.3×	361 0.3×	1.9k 1.4×	3.0k 2.7×	497 0.5×	260	10.4k
Jeffrey C. Nekola United States	31	2.7k 1.2×	204 0.1×	1.2k 0.9×	744 0.7×	523 0.6×	79	6.1k
Forrest M. Hoffman United States	47	2.1k 0.9×	880 0.6×	395 0.3×	5.1k 4.5×	670 0.7×	165	8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by John H. Porter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John H. Porter

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Dueser, Raymond D., John H. Porter, & Nancy D. Moncrief. (2025). The continuing search for a better mouse trap: Two tests of a practical, low-cost camera trap for detecting and observing small mammals. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0309252–e0309252.

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Porter, John H., et al.. (2025). Using a units ontology to annotate pre-existing metadata. Scientific Data. 12(1). 304–304. 1 indexed citations

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Porter, John H. & Raymond D. Dueser. (2024). A Low‐Cost Small‐Mammal Camera Trap for Research and Education. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 105(3). 1 indexed citations

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Porter, John H., et al.. (2023). X-ray Inspection Model Validation with Physical Dosimetry. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation. 42(3).

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Porter, John H., et al.. (2022). Methods for estimating X-ray machine output through measurement and simulation. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 183. 110125–110125. 2 indexed citations

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Auld, Tony D., Andrew J. Denham, Mark G. Tozer, et al.. (2015). Saving arid and semi-arid southern Australia after over 150 years of exotic grazing pressure: Have we got the time and the will?. Australasian Plant Conservation journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation. 24(2). 3–5. 9 indexed citations

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Lin, Chau-Chin, Abd Rahman Kassim, Kristin Vanderbilt, et al.. (2011). An Ecoinformatics Application for Forest Dynamics Plot Data Management and Sharing. Táiwān línyè kēxué. 26(4). 357–369. 1 indexed citations

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Porter, John H., Paul C. Hanson, & Chau-Chin Lin. (2011). Staying afloat in the sensor data deluge. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 27(2). 121–129. 86 indexed citations

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Lin, Chau-Chin, et al.. (2008). Using Structured Metadata to Manage Forestry Research Information: A New Approach. 23(2). 133–143. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Chau-Chin, et al.. (2008). Establishing an EML-based Data Management System for Automating Analysis of Field Sensor Data. 23(3). 279–285. 7 indexed citations

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Selavo, Leo, Adrienne Wood, Qing Cao, et al.. (2007). LUSTER. 103–116. 164 indexed citations

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Lin, Chau-Chin, et al.. (2006). A Metadata-based Framework for Multilingual Ecological Information Management. 21(3). 377–382. 7 indexed citations

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Erwin, R. Michael, et al.. (2004). Nest-site selection and hatching success of waterbirds in coastal Virginia: some results of habitat manipulation. Journal of Field Ornithology. 75(4). 317–329. 33 indexed citations

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Bachmann, Charles M., et al.. (2002). Automatic detection of an invasive plant species on a barrier island in the Virginia. 5. 2172–2174. 3 indexed citations

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Shao, Guofan, Donald R. Young, John H. Porter, & Bruce P. Hayden. (1998). An Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS to Examine the Responses of Shrub Thicket Distributions to Shoreline Changes on Virginia Barrier Islands. Journal of Coastal Research. 14(1). 299–307. 18 indexed citations

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Young, Donald R., Guofan Shao, & John H. Porter. (1995). Spatial and temporal growth dynamics of Barrier Island shrub thickets. American Journal of Botany. 82(5). 638–645. 55 indexed citations

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Porter, John H. & James Dooley. (1993). Animal Dispersal Patterns: A Reassessment of Simple Mathematical Models. Ecology. 74(8). 2436–2443. 61 indexed citations

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Porter, John H. & Raymond D. Dueser. (1990). Selecting a Body-Mass Criterion for Measuring Dispersal. Journal of Mammalogy. 71(3). 470–473. 1 indexed citations

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Porter, John H. & Raymond D. Dueser. (1989). A Comparison of Methods for Measuring Small-Mammal Dispersal by Use of a Monte-Carlo Simulation Model. Journal of Mammalogy. 70(4). 783–793. 4 indexed citations

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Forrester, Donald, et al.. (1982). Lungworms of feral swine in Florida. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 181(11). 1278–1280. 12 indexed citations

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